Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Mass. AG Puts Mass. DAs Above the Law

Also see: Mass. DA's Broke the Law

"Coakley rejects marijuana group's case

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has rejected a complaint by backers of a pro-marijuana ballot question against the state's 11 district attorneys. The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy filed the complaint against the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, saying the group made false statements about the question. The committee pointed to a statement on the district attorneys group's website stating that if the question is approved "any person may carry and use marijuana at any time." If the question is passed, possession of marijuana would still be illegal, and anyone carrying or using marijuana would face a $100 fine. Coakley's office said nothing in the proposed law explicitly forbids public use of the drug (AP)."

What (cough) were we talking about (cough), readers?